The Federal government could help communities better plan for transportationthat protects air quality.
The General Accounting Office (GAO) has released the following testimony: "Environmental Protection: The Federal Government Could Help Communities Better Plan for Transportation That Protects Air Quality." GAO-02-988T: "Recognizing that transportation can affect the nations efforts to improve air quality, theCongress has provided funds for projects that protect air quality. Now, as the Congressbegins the work of reauthorizing the surface transportation programs,2 it will have toconsider whether to continue or revise these initiatives. To help inform this work, weare commenting on (1) the impacts of surface transportation on air quality; (2) thebenefits and limits of key federal surface transportation and clean air requirements andprograms designed to mitigate these impacts; and (3) ways the federal government canuse these requirements and programs to further reduce these impacts." Editor's note: the link below is to an Adobe PDF document.
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